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ZOOLOGICAT. SOCIETY BULLETIN 



PHOTOGRAPH 



RUSSIAN BROWN BEAR AND CUBS BORN IN THE PARK. 

 The photograph shows a characteristic position taken by the mother bear while nursing lier young 



India and Kashmir, is noted and highly prized because of 

 the wonderful twisted horns that arc set upon its head in 

 the shape of a V. They are like huge screws from two 

 to three feet long, and are earnestly sought for by horn 

 collectors, but usually in vain. 



Fortunately, the limitations on Markhor hunting now are 

 strict. The Rajah of Kashmir has forbidden the killing 

 or capture of his animals, and in his territory it is not con- 

 sidered in good form to possess even a pair of horns of 

 recent date, or doubtful pedigree. 



Through Mr. William Jamrach, of London, the New 

 York Zoological Society has at last come into possession of 

 a two-year-old male Suleman Markhor, which arrived 

 from India via London on May 28th. 



In order to avoid all risks from the grass on Mountain 

 .Sheep Hill, the new arrival will be kept for some months 

 in one of the open-air corrals at the south end of the Ante- 

 lope House. As usual, we advise all persons who wish to 

 see a living animal of this species to take immediate ad- 

 vantage of the present opportunity, for it is a difficult task 

 to bring an animal half way around the world, and suc- 

 cessfully transplant it from an elevation of perhaps 14,000 

 feet to one of 70 feet. 



York, or the Philadelphia zoological park." In view of 

 the use of the nickname "Zoo" in the Transcript article, 

 nineteen times over, we respectfully warn the press of Bos- 

 ton that already several good plans that we wot of have 

 been zooed to death, and that only the strongest zoological 

 constitution can withstand the perj)etual use of a name 

 that means a vivarium of the fourth or fifth class. 



We wish the Boston effort long life and prosperity, for 

 the glory of one zoological garden or park is shared by all 

 others. 



We observe with satisfaction that once more an effort is 

 being made to provide Boston with a zoological park. A 

 Ma.ssachusetts Zoological Society has been organized, 

 with Dr. C. S. Minot as president, and the Stony Brook 

 Reservation has been chosen as the site. We are assured 

 by the report in the Boston Transcript that "The new 'Zoo' 

 will be far more accessible than the Bronx Zoo in New 



The acceptance by Dr. Alfred G. Mayer of the director- 

 ship of the new marine biological laboratory about to be 

 established on Dry Tortugas Island, Florida Strait, by the 

 Carnegie Institute, means a distinct loss to the Aquarium 

 branch of the New York Zoological Society. Always an 

 earnest and helpful worker in the Society, he was particu- 

 larly interested in and useful to the Aquarium, where his 

 scientific interest naturally centered. His administration 

 of the Brooklyn Institute Museum was characterized by 

 great intelligence, energy and discretion, and only a golden 

 ojiportunity for the pursuit of his favorite studies of marine 

 life could have tempted him from the Museum which had 

 prospered so well under his direction. , 



As a parting gift to the Zoological Society, Dr. Mayer 

 bestowed upon it, unreservedly, the manuscript and illus- 

 trations for a popular handbook on the invertebrates of 

 North America. It is the intention of the Society to 

 publish this work at an early date. 



